Almost arriving at our last destination, the expected top 10, we visit Belgium once more. In the eighties numerous obscure minimal bands crowded this small country. Groups making different music for different people. Innovating, ahead of their time. Snowy Red is a good example. Marcel Thiel -his real name- died in 2009, but he left at least a masterpiece behind: in 1984 he released an outrageous piece of work, The Long Run, mixing exasperating -but joyful- distortions, disturbing wind instruments, a possessive synth baseline, hot female panting and his perturbing outstanding voice. A pure climax!
R.O.C.
Eccentric and strange, two adjectives that I usually like in a song, and this one has both of them. Dark sounds and a repetitive tune that mesmerize the listener.
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